Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators in India


Posted September 3, 2016 by SophiaJns

India's mobile market dominates the local telecom sector with its large subscriber base and revenue numbers, as well as the huge capital investment by operators.
 
3rd September 2016 – Navi Mumbai, India: Market Report on India present the latest report on “Mobile Infrastructure, Broadband, Operators in India”. Mobile broadband penetration has grown strongly in India over the past few years driven by a strong and growing mobile subscriber base.

Over the past decade India's mobile sector has developed a sustained momentum, aided by higher subscriber volumes, lower tariffs and falling handset prices. There had been a major push to take mobile services into the poorer and rural areas of the country, a move that inevitably weighed down on ARPU.
India's mobile market dominates the local telecom sector with its large subscriber base and revenue numbers, as well as the huge capital investment by operators. It has continued to be a highly competitive market in which a number of major players together with a larger number of smaller players have been battling to increase market share.
Kazakhstan's mobile market has experienced very strong growth over the last five years. Mobile penetration has risen from 72% in 2011 to 81% in 2016. The market remains highly competitive, but rather than a focus only on growth in subscribers the market is shifting to value-added. The roll-out of 4G / LTE services is driving significant shift to mobile data services across the country. Much will depend on the continuing resilience of the economy in India, with any drop in economic performance quickly triggering a drop in demand for mobile services. Further strong growth predicted over the next five years to 2021. By that year the market will reach mobile penetration of over 90%.
Significant market consolidation amongst the mobile operators was underway in 2016. The three-way merger of SSTL, RCOM and Aircel will establish a company with around 200 million customers, making it the second largest mobile operator by subscribers after Bharti Airtel, and just ahead of Vodafone.
Mobile broadband penetration has grown strongly in India over the past few years driven by a strong and growing mobile subscriber base. Further strong growth is predicted over the next year to 2017. Mobile broadband is set to grow exponentially throughout India, driving digital inclusion and economic growth for India's consumers and businesses.
Despite its huge growth and its potential for further growth, the Indian telecoms market continued to present a number of challenges for mobile operators.
They have struggled to maintain Average Revenue per User (ARPU) levels. The country could boast some of the lowest mobile tariffs in the world, but at the time it also had one of the highest mobile usage levels in the world.
Key developments:
Idea launched its first 4G platform
released plans for a limited LTE launch in that month, with a commercial launch expected to follow
Telenor India is aiming to roll out 4G services to its six active circles by the end of March 2017.
Vodafone continued to rollout 4G services.
Airtel completed the purchase of Augere Wireless Broadband,
Bharti Airtel allocated investment for the upgrade of its pan-Indian network over the next three years under Project Leap'.
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) agreed to return spectrum in the 1800MHz and 2100MHz bands.
Bharti Airtel signed an agreement with Aircel to acquire its 4G-compatible spectrum in eight circles.
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) made an amendment to the Unified Licence to allow sharing of active infrastructure.
Companies covered in this report include:
Aircel/Dishnet, Bharti Airtel, Loop Mobile (BPL Mobile), Quadrant (HFCL), Idea/Spice, Reliance Communications, Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJI), Tata Teleservices, Vodafone Essar, Telewings (Uninor), Videocon, S Tel, Batelco, Bharti Telenet, Reliance Infocomm, Tata Teleservices, Sistema (Shyam Telelink), Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd (VSNL), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), Videocon

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Issued By Sophia Jones
Country India
Categories Technology
Tags broadband , mobile infrastructure , operators , telecoms infrastructure
Last Updated September 3, 2016